Defence Act, 1957 (Act No. 44 of 1957)

The court convicting any person of any offence under this Code may, instead of  imposing upon that person any penalty prescribed herein in respect of such offence, impose upon him or her any other penalty within the court's jurisdiction which is provided for in this Code in respect of any offence, not being a more severe penalty than the maximum penalty so prescribed.

[Section 51 substituted by section 5 of Act No. 105 of 1997]